I am not a failure!

Oh hey blog post. Yeah, thought I had fallen off the face of the Earth didn't you? NOT SO.

So the main reason I stopped updating this was because I was trying desperately to finish a novel in November for National Novel Writing Month (nanowrimo) -- which I ended up not finishing, but I did get a good amount done. I will finish it eventually. I hope.

Recently I have come to the realization that anyone can write and be successful. This idea is what drove me to continue this blog and I am going to keep it going gosh darn it. The best example of this is the author of "50 Shades of Grey," EL James. First of all, yes, I have read her trilogy. Did you know she got her start writing "Twilight" fan fiction? Anyways, I have my degree in creative writing. "Twilight," is horribly, horribly written. So is "50 Shades." YET both of these women are like gazillionaires -- seriously, what was the point of me getting my degree in English? I should have saved the money and wrote smut. Ok that's the end of my rant.

Anyways, why do I think my life is interesting enough to have a blog? There are exciting things coming and I am pretty sure there will be humorous things happening.

1. I am applying for grad school. I will probably find out in the next month or so whether or not I get in. I'm applying to Texas State for my MBA.

There is an argument about the MBA. Some people say it's too generic which makes it almost worthless, while others say that since it's generic it opens you up to more opportunities. Since my Bachelor's degree is in English, but I work in Finance, if I were to apply for any other type of MBA I would have to take an additional year of prerequisites, and frankly, the only other real option is Accounting and I have no interest in being an accountant, I don't care how much money they make. I want to get my MBA because I would like to learn more about business/finance, and if I ever decide to leave my current company I think my MBA would help me tremendously. If anyone would like to comment on this, feel free.

2. Neville got a new job, he is the opening General Manager of a place called "Bangers." It's going to be a beer garden/sausage house off of Rainey Street. Ben, the owner, is incredibly funny and has great ideas and believe me, there will be things to write about. The last idea he had was to have a tattoo artist on hand to give out free tramp stamps as an incentive to have girls come into the bar. I will not be one of those girls.

3. For some reason, it never occurred to me that I travel a lot. Like a LOT. I'm going on a cruise to Bermuda in two weeks, with a pitstop/overnight trip in NYC and we're going to Ireland in December. There is talks that we might go to a nearby country while we're there, but that is up in the air. A lot of people blog about their travels. So I am going to follow suit.

4. Recently I have taken over as Captain of my soccer team and I like to cook. These things could make more interesting posts. We shall see. Also, I am three months into my fiddle lessons. VIDEO POSTS WITH A FIDDLE? It could happen.

5. I'm thinking about writing restaurant/book reviews on here. I read a lot. I eat out a lot. We'll see.



And there, ladies and gentlemen, you have it.